SHEFFIELD SHIELD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17948, 28 November 1932, Page 5

SHEFFIELD SHIELD

VICTORIA MAKE 454 S. AUSTRALIA THREE FOR 202 i ' ADELAIDE, Nov. 27. In the Sheffield Shield match, Victoria in the first innings made 454 (Rigg 166, King 41). Grimmett took five for 161; Wall, one for 99; and Jamieson, two for 56. South Australia in the first innings have lost three for 202 (V. Richardson not out 115, Nitsohke 40). Richardson attacked the bowling all through and put up a most spectacular knock. AUSTRALIAN TEST TEAM OLDFIELD AND PONSFORD;?

(Received November 28, 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 28. Oldfield is progressing favorably and will be fit for the first test on Friday. It is reported from Melbourne that Ponsford says his ankle has mended and he will bo available for the test. BEST KNOWN CRICKETER WARNER ON W. G. GRACE For most cricket enthusiasts, and certainly for Mr. P. F. Warner, comanager of the English tourists, W. G. Grace is the greatest figure the game lias produced. Like the Colossus at Rhodes he bestrides the petty world, while lesser men run about bis legs. No other cricketer ever had so striking a personality, Mr. Warner told the Legacy Club at Melbourne. Grace in his heyday stood 6ft. 3in. high, was broad and massive, bearded, and capped with a Marvlebone club cap —and be defied any man to look impressive in such a cap. His feet were large and his wit keen. Once when playing in Australia, a- lopal newspaper said the burly doctor would be worth £3 a week and his keep to walk about and crush the locusts that were wreaking such havoc at the time. Grace played from the time when ho was 16 until he was S 6, and made “millions” of runs. The stories told about him were endless. At his best ho was a magnificent player of fast bowling, and though he grew to be huge later in life, when a young man he was lissom and agile enough to win a 120 yards hurdle race. It" was strictly true to say he was the best-known man in England, a figure more quickly recognised than Gladstone or Lord Salisbury. We should never see his like again because, said Mr. Warner. “I defy any cricketer to appear in a beard.”